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"The Acting Administrator Finds That You Lack The Qualifications Necessary To Hold Any And All Of Your FAA Issued Pilot Certificates" ANN RealTime Update, 11.17.12, 0011 ET: Well... the ever narcissistic David Riggs has popped up up with quotes in some West Coast media reports, as expected, and states that, "We've done nothing wrong." The AP reports Riggs claiming that his Boulder City operations were legal under a supposed motion picture and television waiver... an explanation both expected and already repudiated by the FAA. Such operations would not apply to the actions investigated in Boulder City and similar versions of this scam have been turned aside by the Feds on a number of occasions. The same explanation is expected for his current and overtly dangerous scam involving so-called Warbird Adventure rides in uncertified Amateur Built-Experimental airplanes (Lancairs) and we are assured by the FAA that those defenses will be fruitless as well...